Hair roller



April 24, 1934. s. BEHR 1,956,090

HAIR ROLLER Filed Aug. 31, 1932 INVENTOR BY H15 ATTOQNEY Patented Apr. 24, 1934 rrn STATES}? PAENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

This invention relates to hair rollers and particularly to that type of such rollers which are adapted for use by persons whose hair had been bobbed and grown so long as to be unruly at its 5 lower end. The hair may then be clamped by means of said roller and rolled into a curl at the rear base of the head.

It is the primary object of this invention to provide a roller of this type which securely holds 1 the hair or" the wearer in arranged position.

It is another object of this invention to provide a roller which can be attached quickly and more easily without the use of hair pins.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a roller which may be secured in position without disarranging the hair near the ends of the roller by the fingers of the wearer.

It is another object of this invention to provide a hair roller of this type which is not completely concealed within the roll or curl but is adapted for ornamentation on the outside thereof and furnishes an improved ornamental head dress.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in a novel arrangement of parts and details of construction which will be better understood from the description thereof to follow, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved hair roller when opened for attachment to the hair of a person.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view as shown in Fig. 1 but showing the hair roller closed, when the hair of a wearer would be clamped therein. 7

Fig. 3 is a perspective view as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 but showing the hair roller closed as per Fig. 2 and the arms thereon also closed in attaching position.

Fig. 4 shows a person while beginning the attachment of a hair roller when the hair is placed between the opened cooperating straps.

Fig. 5 is similar to Fig. 4 but shows the cooperating straps .and one of the arms thereon closed for clamping.

Fig. 6 is a sectional detail on line 6-6 of Fig. 3 showing the hinged joint of straps and arms.

Referring to the drawing, my improved hair roller comprises two elongated members or straps 10 forming the body of the device. These mem bers may be made of metal, plastic pyroxylin cornpound or other resilient material. They are substantially semi-circular in shape and arranged in overlapping relationship. These members 10 are 551 connected together near their ends and loosely mounted on a pin or bolt 14, providing a hinge action between these members.

Moimted pivotally on each of the pins 14 close to the inner strap 10 is a resilient arm or bar 15, which leans lightly against inner strap 10. Each of these arms has a lever 12 thereon which is bent at 13 around the ends of the two straps 10 and extends upward, close to the outside of the outer strap 10. The levers 12 are preferably formed pear shape to have the form of a fiat handle, they have perforations orcut-outs of some ornamental form and the solid portions may be engraved and provided with recesses into which stones or imitations 18 are set. The arrangement of the hinge pin 14 is illustrated in Fig. 6. It will be seen that the pin 14 passes through arm 15 and both straps 10, but does not pass through lever 12. It is headed over upon the inner strap 10 and the outside of arm 15.

In using my improved hair roller, the ends of the roller are grasped by the hands and the straps 10 separated as shown in Fig. 1 and slightly stretched or elongated if desired. The hair is then inserted as shown in Fig. 4 and the roller positioned at the end thereof. The straps 10 are then closed so that they overlap. The device is then rolled upwardly until it rests at the nape of the neck forming roll 17 as shown in Fig. 5.

When the hair is thus rolled completely, the arms 15, which so far were left in the position of Figs. 1, 2 and 4 are swung inwardly behind the roll 1'7, by turning the levers 12 into the position shown in Fig, 3 whereby arms 15 gather any stray hair on their inward movement, pressing the hair against the inner strap 10 and thereby securing the device in its proper position at the nape of the neck without the use of any hair pins or the like, w

The lever 12 performs several novel functions.

It permits the device to be attached when in final position without the fingers digging in any part of the hair near the ends 16 of the newly formed roll while the arm 15 is being placed in position for clamping the roll in place.

The curved portion 13 hems in the hair at the ends 16 of the roll and prevents it from separating itself therefrom to stray about;

The levers 12, which are after the roll 17 is finished, the only visible parts of the device, provide a welcome means for holding ornamentations of different kinds and designs and tend to i make the coiifure a most attractive one.

While I have thus described the preferred form of my invention it shall be understood that I reserve the right to make such alterations therein of the details of construction as come within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a hair roller an inner and an outer substantially semicircular band, hinge pins near the opposite ends of said bands holding them to swing on a diametrical axis into overlapping position, a lever mounted on one of said hinge pins at the inner face of the inner band extending around the ends of said bands and along the outside of the outer band.

2. In a hair roller an inner and an outer substantially semicircular band, hinge pins near the opposite ends of said bands holding them to swing on a diametrical axis into overlapping position, an arm mounted on one of said hinge pins at the inner face of the inner band and a curved part on said arm extending therefrom around the ends of both said bands to the outside of the outer band.

3. In a hair roller an inner an an outer substantially semicircular band, hinge pins near the opposite ends of said bands holding them to swing on a diametrical axis into overlapping position, an arm mounted on one of said hinge pins at the inner face of the inner band and a lever extending from said arm around the ends of both bands and along the outside of the outer band.

4. A hair roller comprising an inner and an outer substantially semicircular member hinged to each other at their ends to rotate on a diametrical axis into overlapping position, an arm adjacent to the inside or" the inner member and a lever adjacent to and on the outside of the outer member, said arm and lever being adapted to rotate together on said axis.

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